Gwadar: Work on Largest Airport to Commence Amid Water and Power Shortage

Gwadar: Construction work on Gwadar Airport, which will be largest in the country, will commence later this year while the port city faces chronic water shortage and energy shortfall.

According to a report published in Dawn, Soil testing for Gwadar Airport is under progress and the final project design will be completed till April 2018. Gwadar International Airport will be completed in three years once the Project design is complete.

After completion, this would be the largest Airport in the country which can also accommodate A-380 world’s largest commercial aircraft.

The report adds that Gwadar is facing energy shortfall with a demand of 30 MW and supply of mere 14 MW of electricity. GDA officials told visiting journalists from Islamabad that three electricity generation projects are in pipeline: 45 MW through generators in Gwadar, 300 MW Coal-fired Power plant and 100 MW electricity imported from Iran through transmission lines.

Adnan Aamir is founder and Editor of Balochistan Voices. He also contributes for The News, The News on Sunday and Newsline Magazine amongst others as a freelancer. He has completed Chevening South Asian Journalism fellowship from the University of Westminster.

Balochistan Voices is a non-profit english-language online newspaper which relies on the contribution of volunteer writers from across Balochistan. Content of this newspaper may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, redistributed or retrieved in any form without prior permission.